Chapter 121

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀I shouldn't have said those words to Cassius. But anguish had a way of muddying your mind, until you regretted it.I had come to regret mine.They had been cruel, bitter, gutting words that stung harder than any deep wound. I wanted to take them all back… if only I could reverse the hand of time… but even then, I wasn’t even sure if I wouldn’t say the same cruel, selfish words.My weakness ate at me like a parasite, ebbing deeply into my bones. At times, it felt hard to breathe against the ache that ruled me. But I knew the truth, even when it hurt even though it threatened to devour me.Cassius had been doing his best. Even putting it that way was saying it lightly. He had sacrificed a lot for my—and Kian’s—sake. It didn’t matter that I was his mate or that I was innocent of the crimes I was accused of; another Alpha might have pushed me away, fed me to the wolves. Another man might have chosen his pack over us.I was the only variable t

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Chapter 122

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀“It's funny, right?” Zenya’s snarky voice intruded into my head before the thoughts could settle in. “How people could create something so powerful and useful and then discard it. It doesn't set the right balance,” she said, pressing the blade to my skin, not deep enough to draw blood, but enough to burn my skin.My teeth clamped on my bottom lip as I forced down the pain from the silver dagger slowly ripping through my skin, but Zenya didn't seem like she cared. She wasn't done talking either. “I think power should be used accordingly, wouldn't you agree?” she drawled, her tone sounding almost amused.Zenya didn't wait for a response—not that she needed one, either. I was incapable of even speaking a word with the blade burning against my throat.I just tried to breathe through it.“I would have loved to kill you right now,” she drawled, voice tight with barely contained malice. “But he wouldn't want that, not yet.”Zenya’s words grated

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Chapter 123

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀The air sizzled with tension. The evidence of Zenya’s presence and the echo of her sinister laugh, swirled in the air before fading away.I sat still on the floor, my hands the only limbs holding me up from crashing from both relief and exhaustion.Then his scent reached me, like a breath of freshness in the chaos that I needed. Cassius knelt beside me, one of his hands wrapped around my side as the other one cupped my face gently, tipping my head back a bit so my gaze dragged up to meet his warm hazel green eyes.“Sylphie,” he murmured, “Are you alright?” his eyes were soft with worry as they raked over me, searching for injuries. They hardened when they fell on my throat, his jaw locking so tight—a vein ticking on it—I thought it might pop. The burn from Zenya’s dagger must have left a bruise.I haven’t seen him in the past three days, it felt almost as if he was avoiding me, even though I knew better. And he had rushed in once again to

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Chapter 124

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀I stared down the window like it was the last ticket to hell. Which, ironically, it was… Because, trying to sneak out of the mansion wasn't the best of ideas.There were guards mounted around the house, and the magic barriers made even sneaking out impossible.But I had to do it. Kian was in danger, and he could be in greater danger than he already is if I delayed much longer.I forced down a lump in my throat, trying not to shiver at the thought.I hadn’t even been sure how sneaking out was going to be possible. But Zenya had said she would create a providential escape route without disrupting the entire barrier and triggering the alarm. All I had to do was avoid the guards patrolling the perimeters.It was scary and intriguing to know that she had that kind of ability—courtesy to black magic, of course. I could see why the creators and the witch covens forbade the use of it.It was too powerful, too dangerous and if used by the wrong ha

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Chapter 125

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀Zenya stepped out of the shadows like my worst nightmare—Creeping forward from the very abyss of hell itself.She stepped out from behind the trees that shrouded the night with even darker shadows, blocking out the barely slipping splay of moonlight.“I didn't think you’d actually come here.” Her voice was sharp and cold like an ice shard, and if my mind weren't playing tricks on me, a little distorted.My heart clamped on itself before picking up pace again as she slowly started to circle me like vultures or crows waiting for their prey to drop dead.“I’ll admit that you're quite bold. It takes guts to be so… reckless.” Her voice fell right into my ears and I spun, reflexively, my skin prickling with goosebumps as I felt her behind me. Her hot breath against my skin caused my body to rock with a shudder. Zenya smiled—wide and wicked—at me like she was enjoying this twisted game. It was as if I were prey and she was the predator. “It's am

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Chapter 126

❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀“How did you figure? I was certain that I perfectly cloaked my scent.” Gilles said slowly, his voice glossed with subtle intrigue.He wore the same dark cloak as I, his face shadowed by the hood over his head and the darkness of the night. He didn't turn to look at me. Not once since the moment he stepped out of the shadows like a dark guardian.I didn't know whether to be grateful and relieved or ashamed and guilty. His presence here both rattled and filled me with a sense of ease, though faintly.The situation before me was no less risky. If anything, his presence had heightened the danger and the risks. Yet what seemed more nagging than the fact that he was here was… how the hell he had followed me all the way here without me sensing him, even in the slightest? How the hell did he know that I had slipped out of the house?Did Cassius also notice?I had been very careful when I sneaked out of the house. I was sure that no one had sensed

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